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Vatican provides new definition of how and when gay couples can be blessed
A priest can bless gay and unmarried couples as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Church is blessing the unions as if they were a marriage, the Vatican announced. Source: CNS.
Government sets priority to battle cost of living crisis
Anthony Albanese says his Government is looking at new ways to tackle Australia’s cost of living crisis in 2024 as households battle the pain of high inflation ahead of Christmas. Source: NCA Newswire.
Catholic Social Services announces national conference
“Commons, Commonality, Common Good” is the theme for the 2024 Catholic Social Services national conference, to be held in Melbourne. Source: CSSA and CSSV.
ACU historian gives immigration reforms a mixed report
An Australian Catholic University expert says while the Albanese Government has trumpeted changes to the migration system as the “biggest reforms in a generation”, cuts to immigration aren’t as dramatic as they seem.
Actuary estimates extra $25 billion needed to make scheme sustainable
Governments will need to invest an additional $25 billion over the next five years if they are to achieve plans to rein in the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s growth by raising disability services outside the scheme, an actuary has estimated. Source: The Guardian.
Former Hobart priest to become bishop in Tanzania
A former priest of Sandy Bay parish in Hobart will next month be ordained bishop of the Njombe Diocese in his native Tanzania. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
NZ bishops want new Government to promote policies that reduce abortion
New Zealand’s bishops say the rise in abortion numbers since a 2020 law change is a tragedy and they want the new coalition Government to promote policies that reduce stresses that can lead to mothers opting for abortion. Source: NZ Catholic.
Catholic activist’s trial begins in Hong Kong
The trial of Jimmy Lai, the Catholic activist and newspaper publisher, opened in Hong Kong yesterday, launching what is expected to be a protracted legal battle capping several years of imprisonment for the embattled pro-democracy advocate. Source: CNA.
‘Renewed momentum’ in the US to end capital punishment
Five years after Pope Francis updated the Catechism of the Catholic Church to clarify the Church’s teaching on the death penalty, there is “renewed momentum” in the United States to end the practice, a leading Catholic activist said. Source: OSV News.